Meghan Brazier - 2015-16 Women's Swimming - LIU Post


Meghan Brazier

Event: Freestyle/Backstroke
Class: Senior
Hometown: West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Previous School: Sentinel Secondary

2015-16: NCAA All-American in 50-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle relay and 200- and 400-yard medley relay ... All-Metropolitan Conference in 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle, 200 and 400-yard freestyle relay and 200- and 400-yard medley relay ... CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team ... won the 100-free (53.60) and came in second in the 100-back (59.93) and third in the 50-free (25.24) against Central Connecticut State (Oct. 24) ... helped the Pioneers to individual pool-record times of 3:37.81 and 4:01.82 in the 400-free relay and 400-medley relay and won the 50- (24.85) and 100-free (53.23) at East Stroudsburg (Oct. 31) ... recorded a second-place 59.72 in the 100-meter freestyle and added a third-place showing (27.67) in the 50-free at Bridgeport (Nov. 7) ... swam to a first-place finish of 58.66 in the 100-back and added a second-place 53.98 in the 100-free at Fordham (Nov. 13) ... clocked NCAA "B" cuts in the 50-free (23.60), 100-back (56.78) and 100-free (51.62) at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 20-22) ... won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle with respective NCAA provisional marks of 23.92 and 51.69 at the ECAC Championships (Dec. 4-6) ... clocked top times of 52.19 and 1:54.81 in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle against Siena (Jan. 16) ... placed first in the 100-free (53.02) and 100-back (58.58) in a tri-meet versus Kutztown and Millersville (Jan. 30) ... captured top billing in the 100-yard backstroke (59.50) and anchored the Pioneers to a first-place 1:48.24 in the 200-yard medley relay at the NYU Invitational (Feb. 6) ... shattered the school record in the 50-free (23.42) and won the 200-free (1:51.16) at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 19-21) ... part of a 200-yard medley relay (1:41.19) and 400-yard freestyle relay (3:22.89) that broke school records at the NCAA Championships (Mar. 9-12).

2014-15: CSCAA First-Team All-American ... NCAA Scholar All-American … All-Metropolitan Conference Scholar-Athlete … NCAA All-American in 400-yard medley relay & 400-yard freestyle relay … All-Metropolitan Conference in 50-yard freestyle; 100-yard freestyle; 100-yard backstroke; 200-yard freestyle relay; 400-yard freestyle relay; 200-yard medley relay; 400-Yard medley relay ... recorded 13 individual victories and was part of 17 winning relay teams this season ... swam the anchor leg on all her relay victories ... clocked a 50-free time of 24.21 seconds to place first versus Bridgeport on Oct. 24 ... in the same meet, sported anchor leg times of 23.59 and 23.49 seconds, respectively, on winning 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard medley relay programs ... finished fifth in the 50-yard freestyle sprint at the Rutgers Invitational (Nov. 21-23) with a season-best time of 23.70 seconds ... clocked an NCAA 'B' qualifying time of 56.85 seconds, earning a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke at the same invite ... won four races (two individual, two relays) versus Wagner on Jan. 24, including the 50-yard freestyle (23.89) and the 100-yard freestyle (51.21) ... was part of four winning relays at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 20-22), swimming anchor legs in the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays, and the 200- and 400-yard medley relays ... swam a 50.44 second anchor leg for the fourth-place finishers in the 400-yard medley relay at the NCAA Championships (Mar. 11-14), garnering All-American status ... also captured All-American honors in the same meet by swimming a 50.55 anchor leg for the 400-yard freestyle relay unit that finished sixth with a time of 3:24.90.

2013-14: 2014 CSCAA DII All-America and Scholar All-America ... helped set a new team record in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:34.61) .. set an individual pool record in the 100-yard backstroke (56.97) against Bridgeport on Jan. 25, which is the fourth-best time in program history ... helped set a pool record in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:32.39) in the same meet ... led off the second-fastest 400-yard medley relay in school history (3:44.53) at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 14) ... in the same event, led off the fastest 200-yard freestyle relay in program history (1:34.61) ... also helped post the second-fastest 400-yard freestyle relay time (3:26.62).

2012-13: 2013 CSCAA DII All-America and Scholar All-America … member of the 400-yard medley relay squad that secured a National Championship with a time of 3:42.48 … helped set team and conference records in the 400-yard medley relay, 200-yard freestyle relay (1:44.89), and 400-yard freestyle relay (3:24.56) … set pool records in the 100-yard freestyle (51.40), 400-yard medley relay (3:56.00), and 400-yard freestyle relay (3:35.56) all against Sacred Heart (Feb. 1) … held the second-best times in school history in the 100-yard freestyle (51.40) and 200-yard medley relay (1:43.50) … ranked fifth in school history in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:35.38) and 200-yard backstroke (2:07.49).

Personal: Youngest of Stuart and Brita Brazier’s three children … enjoys sailing, gymnastics and traveling … her brother, Craig, competed in swimming at Concordia Univ. (Calif.) …is fluent in French … majoring in international business.

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